Deseado, Argentina
Port · -47.75°, -65.91°
- in force · 60 nm
- 0
- issued · 30 d
- 0
- archive messages
- 7
- vessel calls / yr
- 35
About the port
The World Port Index lists Deseado as a very small river natural harbour with good shelter.
Listed depths: 6 m in the channel, 14 m at the anchorage and 8 m at the cargo pier, with a mean rise of tide of 3 m.
Entry can be restricted by tide and other conditions.
Pilotage is compulsory.
Repair facilities are rated limited.
PortWatch estimates 30 port calls at Deseado from Sep 2025 to Aug 2026, about 3 a month, 3% fewer than in the twelve months before.
By vessel type, container ships 70% and tankers 30% of those calls.
Estimated cargo over the same months: 1 thousand t imported and 62 thousand t exported.
The busiest month was Oct 2025 (4 calls) and the quietest Nov 2025 (1).
What is reported near this port
7 warnings in this archive have their reported position within 60 nm of Deseado, the earliest issued in 1998; the most common types are nav aids (6) and derelicts (1).
Distance is measured to each warning's reported point or area centre, so a warning near Deseado is not necessarily about the port; collection is incomplete between 2024-05 and 2026-08-17.
Port calls per month · IMF PortWatch estimates
Oct 2024 – Sep 2026 (last bar: month in progress) · last complete month Aug 2026: 3 calls, 0 t in, 3 thousand t out
Warnings within 60 nm, by year of issue
In force within 60 nm · 0
Nothing in force within 60 nm right now.
Port characteristics · World Port Index
- harbour
- very small river natural
- shelter
- good
- water body
- South Atlantic Ocean
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA VI
- depths
- channel 6 m · anchorage 14 m · cargo pier 8 m
- mean rise of tide
- 3 m
- entrance restricted by
- other, tide; not ice, swell
- pilotage
- compulsory
- tugs
- not assistance, salvage
- traffic and reporting
- ETA message required
- berthing
- wharves
- cranes
- fixed
- services
- longshore labour, medical; not electrical repair, garbage disposal, navigation equipment repair
- supplies
- deck stores, diesel, engine stores, fuel oil, provisions, water
- repairs
- limited
- sailing directions
- Sailing Directions Pub. 124 (Enroute) - East Coast of South America
World Port Index entry Puerto Deseado (No. 13930), matched by name 0.5 nm from PortWatch's position for this port. NGA Publication 150 (U.S. government work). The index describes the port as last surveyed for the publication; it is not a substitute for Sailing Directions or port authority information.
Share of Argentina's maritime trade through this port (PortWatch): imports 0.1%, exports 0.1%.
Chokepoint and port data: IMF PortWatch (portwatch.imf.org) — IMF and the University of Oxford, via the UN Global Platform. Not for navigation — follow official NAVAREA / coastal broadcasts and port authority notices.